Intelligent Embedded Systems: Tools

You will have access to the following hardware in this class:
  1. 10 desktop PCs running windows (these are located in OHE 118A, the designated lab for the class, which is kept open 9 am - 8 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am - 5 pm on Fridays)
  2. 20 RFID tags and 1 RFID tag detector
  3. 5 Handspring Visors
  4. 5 Cameras for the Visors
  5. 2 GPS units for the Visors
  6. 20 UC Berkeley Motes (and associated programming boards)
  7. 2 X10 Kits (see www.x10.com for an explanation)
Each team will get some hardware of its own but some teams will have to share h Several software tools are available for the Handspring Visor and Mote platforms which you can use to help with the software development for the class project. Some of these tools are listed below. This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list. If you find a pointer that you think belongs here send me email.

Handspring Visor:

  1. Handspring
  2. Handspring, Developer News
  3. Handspring, Wireless
  4. Visorcentral.com
  5. Airprime Wireless for Hanspring
Palm:
  1. Palm
  2. Palm OS (look under developers for the Java Dev kit and Emulator for Palm OS)
  3. Devicetop.com : Program your Palm in Java: The PalmOS Emulator
  4. The Palm user group of Los Angeles
  5. PPRK: Palm Pilot Robot Kit (for the adventurous who want to build a robot controlled by a PDA)
UC Berkeley Motes:
  1. Crossbow - the company that sells the motes.
  2. Tiny OS Tutorial